Browsing Trinity Business School by Author "Barry, Frank"
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Barry Project: Firm-Level Data on Irish Industrial History
Barry, Frank (Trinity College Dublin, 2023)The book 'Industry and Policy in Independent Ireland, 1922-1972' identifies the leading indigenous and foreign-owned manufacturing firms engaged in production in Ireland at any stage over the period from the establishment ... -
Business Establishment Opposition to Southern Ireland's Exit from the United Kingdom
Barry, Frank (2022)After more than a century of political and economic integration, Southern Ireland exited the United Kingdom in 1922. By identifying the leading business firms of the era and the political and religious allegiances of their ... -
Essays on environmental shocks and economic development
McDermott, Thomas K. J. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2013)This thesis investigates the effects of environmental shocks, in the form of natural disasters and rainfall volatility, on economic development. I pursue both theoretical and empirical investigations of these issues. In ... -
An evaluation of the Knowledge Development Box in the promotion and growth of research and development to aid in the sustainment of an innovation led ecosystem
KENNEDY, JAMES EDWARD (Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2018)The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recognises the fundamental importance of research and development (R&D) and the scale of opportunity that investment in innovation can bring. With this in ... -
An examination of large-scale land acquisitions and their possible effects on growth volatility
ZERJAL, ROBERT (Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2020)Abstract Introduction Large-scale land acquisitions in developing countries became notorious in the early 2000s. Research carried out in those early years explored their effects from multiple angles (e.g. ecology, water, ... -
Foreign Direct Investment : issues in measurement and analysis
O'Mahony, Clare (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2015)This thesis consists of three empirical studies exploring issues in the measurement and analysis of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The 'classical form' of FDI is of greenfield, direct one-to-one investment from multinational ... -
Government-Business Relations in the Services Sector of Independent Ireland, 1922-1958
Oliver, Emmet Anthony (Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2023)Government-business relations were vital in shaping the initial decades of the Irish economy. While broad-based autarchy was the governing paradigm of the secondary, or manufacturing, part of the economy, less is known ... -
Inward Investment in Northern Ireland and Policy Transfer North and South: 1945 - 1973
Hearne, Alison (Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2022)Inward Investment in Northern Ireland and Policy Transfer North and South: 1945 -1973 Alison Hearne Using a historical narrative approach (Fletcher and Godley, 2000; Godley 1999), this thesis consists of three interlinked ...